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Title: Hawaiian Is an Official Language, So Why Isn't It Used More?
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From http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/02/hawaiian-is-an-official-language-so-why-isnt-it-used-more/
Hawaiian Is An Official Language So Why Isn't It Used More?
The dispute about whether a protester could testify in Hawaiian in court highlights the gap between the state's two official languages.
By Anita Hofschneider
February 5, 2018
Two weeks ago, Maui District Court Judge Blaine Kobayashi issued a bench warrant for Samuel Kaleikoa Kaʻeo after the Hawaiian studies assistant professor spoke only Hawaiian - even though he can speak English - in court.
...Kaʻeo's initial arrest stemmed from his protest against telescope construction on Haleakala, a mountain on Maui - already a highly emotional case about native rights and development.
The longtime activist believes the judge's refusal to recognize his use of Hawaiian is part of a broader problem of indigenous voices being ignored on issues like land use and water rights.
...William Wilson, a Hawaiian language professor says that at one point, the schools weren't even allowed to teach reading and writing in Hawaiian because a state administrator said it was only a spoken tongue. Even today, funding and lack of resources are ongoing struggles.
Last year, the University of Hawaii discouraged the passage of a bill that would allow college courses like math and science to be taught in Hawaiian. Wilson says he plans to be back at the Legislature this year to fight for it again.
"The idea of having these official languages is not just whether you can understand but (that) it's part of our society where we support living your life in either one of these two languages," Wilson says. "It's about the right to exist as a full language in your own place."
Read the full article at http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/02/hawaiian-is-an-official-language-so-why-isnt-it-used-more/
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat
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Title: Beginning Wolof Lessons
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Access six free introductory Wolof lessons by registering on the Wolof101 site: https://wolof101.mykajabi.com/
You can also find some news about Wolof and Senegal on the Wolof101 blog: https://wolof101.mykajabi.com/blog
Source: Wolof101
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Title: MPR New Somali: Somali Language on Minnesota Public Radio
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Minnesota Public Radio pursues underserved audience with new Somali-language content
by Ivy Kaplan
February 5, 2018
Somali residents of Minnesota now have a new source of news tailored to them thanks to a new initiative by Minnesota Public Radio.
MPR News Somali, currently in a beta phase, provides regional and global news for Minnesotans in Somali. The content includes text and audio on MPR's website.
Read the full article at http://current.org/2018/02/minnesota-public-radio-pursues-underserved-audience-with-new-somali-language-content/
Listen to broadcasts and read articles on MPR News Soomaali at http://live.mprnews.org/Event/MPR_News_Somali
Source: Current
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Title: 88 Arabic Proverbs
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Here's a collection of 88 Arabic proverbs, with English translations: https://blog.udemy.com/arabic-proverbs/
Source: Udemy
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Title: Mandarin Weekly: Weekly Email for Chinese Teachers and Learners
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From http://mandarinweekly.com/about-mandarin-weekly/
Mandarin Weekly is Reuven Lerner's free, once-weekly e-mail newsletter for students and teachers of Mandarin Chinese. It is available at http://mandarinweekly.com/
Read an interview with Mr. Lerner at https://www.saporedicina.com/english/mandarin-weekly-interview/
Source: Mandarin Weekly
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Title: Kaguyahime: An #AuthRes Story Activity to Support Script Learning in Japanese
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From http://leesensei.edublogs.org/
Colleen Lee starts teaching her Japanese students to write in hiragana from the very beginning. In this blog post, she writes a little about how she introduces Japanese script and then describes how she uses a traditional tale, Kaguyahime, to reinforce recognition of writing with her high school students.
Read the blog post at http://leesensei.edublogs.org/2018/02/09/kaguyahime-an-authres-activity-to-reinforce-script-learning-in-japanese/#.WoOHJJPwbwe
Source: Language Sensei
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Title: Carnevale Italiano in Los Angeles
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From https://www.italianfoundation.org/our-programs/carnevale-italiano/
Join Fondazione Italia and Italiani a Los Angeles for a Carnevale Party on February 25. The program includes music, arts and crafts, dancing, adult and kids costume contest, "Best Carnevale Sweet" baking contest, a raffle, and more.
For full details go to https://www.italianfoundation.org/our-programs/carnevale-italiano/
Source: Fondazione Italia
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Title: Bitte Macht Theater: German Drama Competition
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From https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/spr/unt/ver/wtb/twb.html
High school students in the USA are invited to participate in a theater competition. Groups of three students in grades 9-11 choose a fairytale to dramatize; they videorecord their performance and submit it to the Goethe-Institut Chicago by April 20, 2018.
The best groups will be invited to participate in a theater workshop in Texas in the fall of 2018.
For full details, go to https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/spr/unt/ver/wtb/twb.html
Read the rules here: https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/pdf141/theater-competiton.pdf
Teachers may benefit from this online theater workshop: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/spr/unt/kum/the.html
Source: Goethe Institut
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Title: Article: Germans Quietly Pass an Equinox of Unity, but the Walls Remain
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From https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/world/europe/berlin-wall-equinox-east-germany.html
Germans Quietly Pass an Equinox of Unity, but the Walls Remain
By KATRIN BENNHOLD
February 13, 2018
Is Germany still a tale of two countries?
Helmut Holter, the education minister for the eastern state of Thuringia, seems to think so. He recently proposed a student exchange program between East and West - the kind of program Germany has with schools in other countries.
"We don't just need student exchange programs with Poland and France," Mr. Holter said, "but between Leipzig and Stuttgart."
...When Petra Köpping was named integration minister in the eastern state of Saxony, she thought she would mainly deal with migrants. But early on, she was heckled at a public event. "Why don't you integrate us first?" a German man shouted.
Ms. Köpping ended up touring the East to understand the grievances of East German men. She is now touring the West to share her findings.
Read the full article at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/world/europe/berlin-wall-equinox-east-germany.html
Source: New York Times
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Title: Video about Dactylic Hexameter
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From https://kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/?p=16345
Leonard Muellner describes the basic rules of prosody, with a focus on dactylic hexameter, the meter of Homeric epic, and iambic trimeter, a meter used in ancient Greek tragedy. This presentation is accessible to those just beginning to learn about ancient Greek.
Access the video at https://kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/?p=16345
Source: Kosmos Society
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